Attachment for suitcases and the like.



W. G. WILLIAMS.

ATTACHMENT PoR sulToAsEs AND THE LI-KB.

APPLICATION FILED DBG. 7l 1911.

1,062,752. Y Patented May 27, 1913.

Witnesses Inventor by l I Attorneys WILLIAM G.- WILLIAMS, OF VINITA, OKLAHOMA.

ATTACHMENT FOR SUITCASES AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led December '7, 1911.

Patented May 27, 1913. Serial No. 664,483.

To all whom may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. WIL- LrAMs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vinita, in the county of Craig and State of Oklahoma, have invented a new and useful Attachment for Suitcases and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to protecting and reinforcing attachments for suit cases and the like, one of its objects b-eing to provide a metallic case or frame adapted to be folded upon a suit oase so as to protect the edge and corner portions and to entirely cover the top thereof and to ado-rd means for properly supporting the case when used for carrying heavy loads which would tend to bend or otherwise distort an ordinary suit case when used without some reinforcing means.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which can be readily applied,

will not detract from the appearance of the suit case when used in connection therewith, and which can be provided with any suitable means for fastening the structure upon a suit case and for facilitating` the transportation of the device.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

ln the accompanying drawings the preferred form of theinvention has been shown.

In said drawings F igure 1 is a perspective view of the attachment in position upon a suit case. Fig. 2 is a section on line A-B Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the attachment with the handle, locks and other parts removed therefrom.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference l and 2 designate top plates each having end ianges 3 and a side flange 4 depending therefrom. Depending side strips 5 angular in cross sectional contour, project from the anges 3 and et where they merge into each other and these side strips are formed integral with bottom strips 6 which are likewise angular in cross sectional contour and are parallel with the plates 1 and 2. Each of the bottom strips has tongues T extending inwardly therefrom,each tongue alining with the corresponding tongue on the opposed strip G and the alining tongues being connected by hinges 8. A handle 9 is preferably connected to one of the plates (2) and a lock 10 of any desired form may be mounted on the plates for securing them in contact, as shown in Fig. l. Furthermore supplemental fastening devices such as shown at 11, may be mounted on the plates 1 and 2.

in using the device the plates 1 and 2 are unlocked from each other and the two halves of the attachment are swung apart on the hinges 8. The suit case or other receptacle to be reinforced in then placed between the two sections of the attachment so as to rest on the tongues 7. VJhen the said sections are swung together, the angular strips 5 and 6 will straddle the edge portions of the suit case and protect them as well as the corners of the receptacle.. The plates 1 and 2 will rest close to the top of the receptacle. After the attachment has been thus placed in position the plates 1 and 2 can be fastened together and the entire structure can then be conveniently carried by means of the handle 9. The attachment can be made as a separate article in which a suitcase can be easily placed or from which it can be quickly moved. If preferred, however, the said attachment can be riveted or otherwise secured to opposed separate sections similar to the sections of a suit case or the like so as to constitute a permanent part of the receptacle thus formed. Thus it will be seen that the hinges connecting the two sections of the attachment become the hinge connections between the two separate sections so that, by unfastening the top plates 1 and 2 from each other,the receptacle can be opened upon its hinges 8.

Reinforcing devices such as constituting the present invention are to be placed on the market as complete articles and will be made in different sizes so as to receive receptacles C of di'derent sizes and proportions. The entire attachment can be made of any preferred material, such as brass, nickel, aluminum or the like and by using it, suit cases or similar receptacles which would otherwise be uni-lt for use, can be employed for carrying heavy articles or in fact for any purposes to which a suit case is ordinarily put.

posed sections, means upon the top plates for securing them together, and a handle upon one of the plates. Y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signatur-e in the presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM G. WILLIAMS. lVitnesses:

TALTER A. EDWARDS, M. B. NooMAN.

What is claimed is y A suit case receiving and reinforcing structure including opposed rigid frame sections, each formedsin a single piece and con- 1 sisting of a top plate flanged at its ends and along one side, an angular bottom strip, angular side strips connecting the ends of the top and bottom strips, and tongues extending inwardly from the bottom strip, hinge connections between the tongues of the op-v Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

